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Five cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant have been detected in the New York City area, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday evening.
Hochul said they account for the only five known cases in the state thus far and include one in Brooklyn, two in Queens and one in Long Island's Suffolk County. A fifth was pegged to "New York City" by the officials but without a more precise location.
The Long Island patient, a 67-year-old woman, had recently returned from South Africa, Hochul said. She tested positive on Nov. 30, despite having been at least partially vaccinated, according to the governor.
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"The best thing anyone can do is realize we're not defenseless against this variant at all," the governor added as she urged New Yorkers to get vaccinated and receive booster shots.
Officials were now bracing for a flurry of omicron cases.
"We have to assume there's community spread," de Blasio said as officials cautioned the cases they had heard of had been with mild symptoms.
Here we go. Time for the media to ramp up the fear porn to 1,000,000.
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